Packing-case



(No Model.)

J. 0. BAUER. PACKING CASE.

. Patented Feb. 17, 18.85.

PATENT Price.

JACOB O. BAUER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PACKING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,421, dated February17, 1885.

Application filed January 12, 1885. (No model.)

Z0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB O. BAUER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,haveinvented certainImprovements in Packing-Gases, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of a paper box, constructed substantially in themanner described and claimed hereinafter, for thetransportation andstoring of eggs, and for the delivery of the same by retailers topurchasers inpackages containing a given number.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of the blankfor forming the bottom, sides, and ends of the box proper; Fig. 2. aperspective 'view of thecellular portion of the box; Fig. 3, a viewillustrating the mode of fitting together the strips which form the saidcellular portion; Fig. 4, aperspective view of the box proper and itspartitions; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the quadrangular band by whichthe several parts of the box proper are retained in place; Fig. 6, aperspective view of the outer easing of the box; and Figs. 7, 8, 9, and10, views showing the condition in which the different parts of the boxwill be when transported from the manufacturer to the purchaser.

The box proper, without its outer coverings, consists of the blank A,Fig. 1, and the cellular portion B, Fig. 2. The blank A has twoprojections, cm, and two projections, b I), and is scored on the dottedlines 0 c and d d, so that the projections a a, when turned up as shownin Fig. 3, will form the opposite sides of the box, the opposite endsbeing formed by the turned-up projections b b.

The cellular part B of the box consists of a series of longitudinalstrips.'h., and transverse strips 73, the strips being slotted wherethey have to cross each other, as shown in Fig. 3, so that all thestrips can be fitted together to form partitions. This cellular portionof the box is placed on the blank A, and the projections a a and b bturned up against the ends of the partition-strips, as shown in Fig. 4;and in order to maintain the above-mentioned parts in position thequadrangular band D is fitted over the structure, so that there can beno outer displacement of the upturned sides and ends, the band beingcomposed of a long strip scored at four points and united at the ends.

I prefer to score the projections to a. and b b of the blank on thedotted lines as, so that the outer portions,f, of the severalprojections can be placed over the partition -strips, as shown in Fig.3. The structure is now ready to receive the eggs, one of which isdeposited in each cell, there being twelve cells in the presentinstance, and the whole is finally pushed into the outer casing,G, Fig.5, which is a simple quadrangular box, open at its opposite ends only,and this completes the package. A number of these boxes filled with eggsmay be packed in large crates for transportation to the retailer, whocan remove the boxes as they are required by purchasers; or the retailercan obtain a supply of boxes and till them as required by customers.

I prefer to form in the central part of the blank A two openings, on m,adjoining each other, two similar openings being made in each projectionof the blank, and corresponding openings in the quadrangular band D andin the top. bottom, and sides of the outer casing. All these openings ofthe several parts coincide with each othergand afford opportunities forseizing the boxes between the linger and thumb when they have to be withdrawn from a crate.

The several parts of the box can be pushed into comparatively smallcompass. Thus the outer casing, G, may be kept in the flattenedcondition shown in Fig. 7, the quadrangular band being also flattenedout, as shown in Fig.

8, the partition-strips folded overeach other, as

shown in Fig. 9, and the blank A retained in its open condition, and theseveral parts can be readily put together when a completed box isrequired.

1. The within-deseribed box, the same (3011- the box, each havingopenings on m, those of sisting of the blank A, formed and creased onepart corresponding with those of the other as set forth, the cellularportion B, and the parts, as set forth. quadrangular band D, all beingcombinedl Intestimonywhereoflhavesigned my name I 5 5 substantially asspecified. to this specification in the presence of two 2. Thecombination of the parts A, B, and subscribing Witnesses. D of the boxwith the outer casing, G, as set forth J A0013 0. BAUER.

3. The combination of the part A of the box YVitnesses: 10 and its edgefolds, f, with the parts B and D. HENRY BossERT,

4. The combination of the several parts of HARRY SMITH.

